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Category: Demolished Buildings

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#126-128 North 6th St & 2nd Precinct Garage

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Roseville

Tagged   police, police car, police precinct garage, row of houses
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#132 & #136 First St

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, University Heights

Tagged   bare trees, multi level buildings, street parked cars
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#126-128-130 2nd St

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount

Tagged   bare trees, house, porch, street parked cars
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#327-325 Academy St is now the middle of this super block.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, University Heights

Tagged   american case co, comet finishing and research co, international brazing and fabricating co, prudential plating
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#124-126 3rd St is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Interstate 280

Tagged   house, multi level building, porch, tree
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Parsonage (now overflow section of Saint Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church), NE corner Fairmount & 13th Ave looking NE

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount

Tagged   church, cross, fence
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#126-128 North 5th St is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Interstate 280

Tagged   house, man standing, porch, street parked cars
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#130-132-134-136 4th St is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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146-148-150 Bergen St is now the campus of UMDNJ.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, University Heights

Tagged   man walking, row of houses
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#124-126 North 6th St is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   bay windows, multi level house, picket fence, street parked cars
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#223-225-227 (to left) First St NE corner 7th Ave West

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Roseville

Tagged   picket fence, row of houses, trees
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The Peck Estate was demolished for an entire block of prefabricated homes in wood and vinyl siding.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount

Peck Estate N side Sussex Ave between South 5th St & South 6th St
March 1959

77 North 5th St, Peck Estate
April 22, 1962

Barn on Peck Estate Sussex Ave, 5th-6th Sts, looking NE
March 27, 1962

Tagged   bare trees, front yard, multi level house
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#112 North 6th St is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   bare trees, house, porch
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#142-144 2nd St is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   bushes, row of houses, street parked cars
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#140-142-144-146 4th St is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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Church on 13th Ave, NE on Fairmount & 13th Ave looking NE

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount

Tagged   church
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Lucking Coal Company, #259 Sussex Ave

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, University Heights

Tagged   bare trees, blue cole, factory, house, koopers coke
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#118 North 6th St is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   house, porch, street parked cars
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82 North 7th St is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   bare trees, empty lot, fence, house
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#120-122 3rd St is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   house, porch, street parked car, tree
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#154-156 2nd St is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   house, porch, street parked cars
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#52 Roseville Ave is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   driveway, garage, house, sidewalk
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#130 & #136 North 5th St is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   picket fence, row of houses, street parked cars
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Ladder Company, #154 Bergen St, is now the campus of UMDNJ.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, University Heights

Tagged   factory, general ladder and equipment, street parked cars
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Essex Private Hospital, house SE corner Fairmount & 13th Ave

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount

Tagged   bare trees, fence, house, porch, street parked car
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132-134 2nd St is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 280

Tagged   bushes, house, man walking, porch
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E side Johnson Ave looking NE from corner Watson Ave is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   coca cola sign, corner store, man walking, restaurant, street parked cars
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N side Watson looking NW from opposite Jelliff is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, row of businesses, street parked cars
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W side Peshine looking SW from NE corner Lawton is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bare trees, brick road, bushes, row of houses, street parked cars
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N side Watson looking NE from SW corner Hunterdon is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   cleaners, row of buildings, street parked cars, traffic light
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#121-119-117 4th St is now this location on I-280

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Interstate 280

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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E side Belmont Ave looking SE from SW corner Hawthorne

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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W side Hunterdon looking NW from SE corner Sheridan is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   bon ton potato chips, row of houses, saffer, street parked cars
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#123-121-119 3rd St is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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N side Watson looking NE from opposite Belmont Ave is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   drugstore, phonebooth, street parked cars, trash cans
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E side Ridgewood looking NE from SW corner Marie Place is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic


Tagged   apartment building, brick road, sidewalk
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W side Jelliff looking NW from #438

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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#761 & #757-759 High St

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings, High Street, Lincoln Park

Tagged   apartment buildings, people walking, street parked cars
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N side Marie Place looking NE from Badger is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78

Tagged   row of buildings, street parked cars, wooden fence
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#117 3rd St is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   bare trees, house, porch
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#769-765 High St, Hebrew Sheltering Association is in mansion at right

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings, High Street, Lincoln Park

Tagged   houses, mansion, porch, street parked cars
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W side Peshine looking NW from SE corner Lawton is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78

Tagged   bare trees, bushes, row of houses, street parked cars
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Saint Barnabas Hospital on SW corner High & Montgomery

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Belmont, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   church, hospital, street parked cars, women walking
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E side 2nd St looking SE from near Orange St is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 280, Orange Street, Roseville

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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N side Watson looking NW from SE corner Badger is now this location on Interstate 78

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   corner store, men standing, row of buildings, street parked cars
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E side Belmont Ave looking SE from NW corner Belmont Terrace is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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E side 2nd St looking NE from #138 is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Interstate 280

Tagged   bare trees, row of houses, street parked cars
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N side Watson looking NE from SW corner Badger is now this location on I-78.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Interstate 78, Weequahic

Tagged   corner store, fire escape, men standing, post office mailbox, truck
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W side Peshine looking SW from SE corner Hawthorne

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Clinton Hill, Demolished Buildings

Tagged   bare trees, brick road, row of houses, street parked cars
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North 7th St, #96 (left cupola) -98-100-102 (right end) is now this location on I-280.

  By Myles Zhang April 1962 April 2026 Demolished Buildings, Fairmount, Interstate 280, Roseville

Tagged   bushes, row of houses, street parked cars
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